Reviews tagging 'Death'

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

7 reviews

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

pseudolain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

mariamnel's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

isabellamonco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kell_xavi's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a somber novel flush with strangeness. It is narrated by Ruthie, and begins with a story of her grandfather taking a train into Fingerbone and staying there, where her grandmother would raise four daughters alone, and the daughters would flee and some would return to wander through and leave parts of themselves behind. Two main themes are home and family, and how melancholy can pervade these both—the story takes place mainly in Fingerbone, between its train and its river, and often within the walls of the house Ruthie’s grandfather built. Both place and lineage hold tragedy, mental illness or neurodivergence creating spaces between people, silences, dissociative hazes, passivity or disinterest or simply desires for elsewhere and other people. 

Robinson writes in beautiful language that reads like clear water. Though some parts of this book are heavy, full of filth, discomfort and neglect that made me anxious and sad, the writing binds them together with crisp imagery, reflection on religion and memory, a sense of peace within the creeping fear. I look forward to reading more by her. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ekmoore11's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

vague_coffeecup's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent